Queensland Numbered Acts

PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE ACT 2018 - SECT 58

58 Exemptions for ss 56 and 57

(1) A person does not commit an offence against section 56 or 57 (1) , (2) or (3) if—

(a) the plumbing or drainage work is unregulated work; or

(b) the person is a trainee carrying out the plumbing or drainage work and a licensed person for the work is responsible for directly supervising the trainee carrying out the work; or

(c) the person is an unlicensed person carrying out the drainage work and a licensed person for the work is responsible for directly supervising the unlicensed person carrying out the work; or

(d) the person is an authorised person carrying out plumbing work that is removing, repairing or replacing a prescribed water meter, and any related work; or

(e) the plumbing or drainage work is manufacturing—

(i) a WaterMark product, other than a prohibited WaterMark product; or

(ii) a treatment plant.

(2) For subsection (1) (b) or (c) , a licensee is responsible for directly supervising a trainee carrying out plumbing or drainage work, or an unlicensed person carrying out drainage work, if the licensee—

(a) is the trainee’s or unlicensed person’s employer; or

(b) is directed by the trainee’s or unlicensed person’s employer to directly supervise the trainee or unlicensed person.

(3) In this section—

"authorised person" means an authorised person of a service provider under the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 .

"prescribed water meter" means a water meter for measuring the volume of water supplied to—

(a) a lot under the Land Title Act 1994 , other than a lot—

(i) included in a community titles scheme under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 ; or

(ii) shown on a building units plan or group titles plan under the Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980 ; or

(b) a separate, distinct parcel of land for which an interest is recorded in a register under the Land Act 1994 ; or

(c) the site of a mixed use scheme under the Mixed Use Development Act 1993 ; or

(d) a primary thoroughfare or secondary thoroughfare under the Integrated Resort Development Act 1987 or the Sanctuary Cove Resort Act 1985 ; or

(e) a premises group within the meaning of the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 , schedule 3 .